tynes books is doing a series beginning with george washington, coming down to the president day and they had a different author for each president. i drew abraham lincoln. more -- as i said, more books have been written about him than all the other presidents, but not only that, there have been more words printed about abraham lincoln and sayings of abraham lincoln than any other figure in world history except for jesus christ. i think that's remarkable. so why yet another book on this man? how do you find anything new about a man, he's had many books written on him, including doris kearns' book on his cabinet. before answering that question, let me tell you that happily, as of last week, my little lincoln book has become a bestseller. [applause] somehow, unbeknownst to me, this lincoln-mcgovern ticket is selling better than the one i had in 1972. i got into this when arthur schlesinger spotted me in a restaurant in new york city three years ago, and he made a beeline, eleanor was still with me at that time, he made a beeline for me, he said, george, i've got a very important reques